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(No Model.) H. BARMER.

SAFETY `SWTTGTT GUARD.l

Ptented Nov. 27, '188 nfl.

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, y house, as long as the switch is open and' dis- .y `connected from the main line, is prevented by "4o f worked by the switch-lever, and which enters STATES ses."

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RRNRY RARMRRQOR SOUTRAMPTON, ONTARIO, AssIeNoR To FREDERICK BROUGHTON, on HAMILTON, CANADA.Y

SAFETY-swlTo H GUARD.'

"1 f srncrnrcArloN forming Vpmt of Letters raient No. 259,254, dated November 27, lese.

. Application filed August-16, 1883. (No model.) Patented in Canada August 2'2, 1874, No. 3,770; extended August 20. 1879, N0.10.3T5.

To a/Z whom it may concer-11,.'

Be it known that I, HENRY HARMER, of

have invented certain new and useful lmproveinents in Safety-Switch Guards, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for preleft open, and in which the switch-operating `mechanism is contained within a house or structure into which the switchman is com- I5 pelled to enter in order to adjust the switch, "and from which egress is automatically controlled by the switch-operating mechanism in such manner that the switchman cannot leave l, t I the house or structure until, after connecting the switch with a siding, he has reconnected `it with the main line; and the invention consists in a new and useful combination or combinations of means for accomplishing this end,

obtained. p Incarrying out my invention the house or I structure, which is erected over the switch-le-l ver, and may be a frame one, is only made sufficiently large to permit the switchman to enter and, when inside, to move the switch` The egress of the switchman from the a turnstile carried .by a vertical shaft in the central portion of the house. At or near the bottom ot' this shaft, and revolving with it, is

wings or `doors ot' the turnstile above. Connected with the switch is a slide-bar, which is one of the sockets inthe horizontal hub or wheel when the switch is opened, and which is t ,only withdrawn from it when the switch is closed and reconnected with t-he main line.

So long as said slide-bar remains in the socket of the horizontal wheel the wheel, the

` vertical shaft, and the turnstile are immovdrawn, which can only be done by closing the switch-that is, reconnecting it with the main line-then the wheel, shaft, and turnstile are at liberty to revolve, thereby permitting ingress and egress.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication,

in which similar letters of reference indicate y corresponding parts in all the figures. venting accidents to railroad-trains by reason "of theswitches on the line being improperly Figure lis a horizontal section of the apparatus, shown as applied to controlling a switch, also exhibiting, in part, the rails of the main line and the rails ot' duplicate sidings, with and from which the switch is made to connect and disconnect. Fig. 2 is a vertical `section of the same upon the4 line x :v in Fig.

l, and Fig. 3, a further vertical section in part upon the irregular line y yin Figxll.

A is the house over the switch-lever, and

which need not exceed in horizontal dimensions six feet by four feet six inches, or thereabout.

Bis the entrance to the house, and C the `turnstile in the house, by which ingress and egress are automatically controlled through the operation of the switch, said turnstile having the requisite number of wings or doors c `crankordever D, and which is disconnected from the wheel F when the switch M is in. connection with the rails N N ot' the main line,

thus allowing the wheel F, shaft Z, and turn stile C to revolve, and consequently afford free ingress and egress for the switchman. To secure the operation of the slide-bar E by the switch crank or lever D, both of said devices are directly, but separately, connected with the switch.

s s are the sockets or holes in the wheel F, into which one or other of two bolts or fixed arms, b b, on the slide-bar E enters when the switch is connected with the siding-rails O or '[he wheel F, shaft Z, and turnstile C are then immovable, and egressfrom the building is, by the position of the wings or doors c c, impossible, and remains so until the slide-batl Eis withdrawn from the socket or hole s in the Wheel F, which can only be done by disconnecting the switch from the' siding and reconnecting it with the main line, as shown in Fig. 2. Applied to the turnstile-as, for instance, to each of its wings or doors c-is a drop or spring-catch or fastening, m, which automatically engages with a keeper, n, in the house to hold the turnstile in position, as it is revolved' to insure one of the'holes or sockets s in the wheel F coming and remaining opposite the slide-bar E, or bolt b thereon, for engagement of saidl bar with said hub or wheel. Application of the thumb to said catch, or to a latch controlling the same, serves to release the catch when required.

I do not abandon or dedicate to the public any patent-able feature set forth herein and not hereinafter claimed; but reserve the right to claim the same, either in a reissue of any patent that may be granted upon this application, or in any other applications for Letters Patent that I may make.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

I. The combination, with the switch and its operating mechanism, of the house A, the turnstile C, with its shaft Z, and att-ached locking hub or wheel F, and the slide-bar E, connected with the switch and arranged to engage with said wheel or hub when the switch is open, or in connection with a siding, substantially as specied.

2. In a safety-switch guard, the combination, with the switch and its operating mechanism, house A, turnstile C, shaft Z, locking wheel or hub F, and engaging slide-bar E, connected with the switch, of the automatically-engaging catches or fastenings m, and one or more keepers, n, arranged to hold the turnstile in locking position with the slidebar, essentially as herein described.

HENRY HARMER.

` Vitnesses:

WM. J. HOLDEN, J. F. CONAWAY. 

